Water-reservoir attachment for stoves and ranges.



G. G. GAREY.

WATER RESERVOIR ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES AND RANGES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25, 1913.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

y ehtor Attorneys THE NORRIS PETERS CO4. FHOTO LITHOH WASHING ION, D c.

GEORGE G. GAREY, OF INDIANAPOLIS,INDIANA.

WATER-RESERVOIR ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES AND RANGES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 191 1.

Application filed June 25, 1913. Serial No. 775.822

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Guonou G. GAnnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful WVater- Reservoir Attachment for Stoves and Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a water reservoir for cooking ranges and stoves, one of its objects being to provide a device of this character which can be quickly placed in or removed from position and which is so shaped as to present the maximum area of heating surface to the heated wall of the range or stove so that the contents of the reservoir will be quickly heated to a high temperature.

A further object is to provide improved means for binding one wall of the reservoir against the corresponding wall of the range or stove, said holding means being also adapted to hold the wall of the reservoir out of contact with the range or stove when it is desired to reduce the transmission of heat units to the contents of the reservoir.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through the reservoir and the adjoining portion of the range to which it is applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the reservoir and range, aportion of the reservoir being. broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on line A-B Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a View similar to Fig. 1 but showing the reservoir shifted outwardly away from the wall of the range. 5 is a section on line CD Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through a portion of the reservoir and the coacting face of a range or stove, the same being a slightly modified form. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, showing another modified form.

Referring to the figures by characters of are finished in any suitable manner, as by means of a ledge 3 closing the spaces defined by the corrugations. The lower ends ot the corrugations can also be finished in any preferred manner and in the structure shown the said lowcrends are closed and the outermost portions of the corrugations are flush with that portion 1 of the stove wall below the corrugations, said portion being straight from one side to the other of the wall. in the upper portion of the wall at points above the corrugations 2 for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Furthermore slotted and recessed lugsG or other suitable connectmg means may be formed on or secured to the stove wall at points below the corrugations.

The reservoir to be used in connection with the stove having the corrugated wall has it walls and bottom preferably formed of sheet metal, the front, back and outer side walls being indicated at 7 while the inclined botton has been indicated at 8. The inner side wall 9, in the structure shown in Figs. 1 to i inclusive, has inwardly directed vertical corrugations 10 so proportioned as to form snug seats for the outstanding corrugations 2 on the stove wall. The top portions of the walls 7 and 9 are flared out wardly or stopped, as shown at 11, so as to receive the depending stepped ribs formed upon the bottom face of the top casting 13 of the reservoir. This top casting, is preferably provided with lugs 14: adaptedto be inserted into the openings 5 and an opening lomay be formed in the top casting, this opening being normally closed by a removable lid 01' cover 16., Ribs 12 may be securcdto the stepped portion 11 of the reservoir in any suitable manner, the form of joint being such as to prevent overflow should the reservoir be filled up to the top casting 13. The bottom 8 of the reservoir bears upon the bottom casting 17 which is provided with one or more depending arms 18, each of which has a slot 19 extending thcreinto from one side. One or more lugs 20 extend downwardly from the bottom castin In the structure illustrated, two arms 18 are to be used and two lugs 20 are Openings 5 may be provided also to be employed but it is to be understood that, if desired, a single arm and a single lug may be used. The recessed and slotted lugs 6 receive heads 21 formed upon holding rods 22. One of these rods is provided for each arm 18 and an. actuating head 23 is provided at the outer end of each rod and bears against arm 18. A lug 24: extends radially from each rod 22 and is so located that, when the reservoir is pressed tightly against the corrugated wall of the stove 1, lug 2% can be rotated, by means of rod 22 and head 23, so as to lap lug Q0 and thus hold the reservoir in contact with the stove wall. lVith the parts thus positioned it will be apparent that water contained within the reservoir will be quickly heated by reason of the conduction of heat units from the corrugated Wall of the stove through the corrugated wall of the reservoir contacting therewith. Should the water reach the boiling point and it should be desired to reduce o-rstop the boiling action, the rod or rods 22 can be rotated so as to release the lug or lugs 20 whereupon the.

whereupon the reservoir can be released and lug or lugs 20 will move back by gravity against lugs 24:, thus holding the reservoir in the position illustrated in Fig. 4. Thus an air space is provided between the corrugated walls of the stove and reservoir.

By removing the lid 16, water can be easily removed from or placed in the reservoir.

l Vhile in the structure shown in Figs. 1 to t inclusive, the corrugations on the stove wall extend outwardly and those on the reservoir wall extend inwardly, it is to be understood that this arrangement may be reversed, as shown in Fig. 6, wherein the stove corrugations are extended inwardly, as shown at 25 while the corrugations on the reservoir wall and which have been illustrated at 26, are projected outwardly. Furthermore, instead of employing rounded corrugations such as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, angular corrugations, one form of which has been shown at 27 in Fig. 7, may be provided.

It is preferred to arrange the sheet metal portion of the reservoir within a casing preferably formed of castings connecting the the roar top casting 13 to the bottom casting 17 these castings, which have been designated generally at 28, being arranged along the front, back and outer sides of the sheet metal reservoir.

d hat is claimed is 2-- l. The com ation with a stove having a corrugated sur ce, of a reserroir having corrugations extended along straight lines upon one face and parallel with the corrugations of the stove, a housing in which the reservoir is mounted, a depending projection upon the housing, and means adjustably supported by the housing and detachably engaging the stove for co5perating with said projection to hold the reservoir either clamped against the corrugated portion of the stove or spaced. from said portion.

The combination with a stove having a corrugated wall, of a housing detachably and tiltably connected at its upper end to the stove, a reservoir seated in the housing and having an exposed wall formed with corrugations straight from end to end, and cocperating means upon the bottom of the hmising and upon the stove for binding the corrugated surface of the reservoir upon ugated portion of the stove and for holding the reservoir tilted away from said corrugated portion of the stove.

b. The combination with a housing a stove having a corrugated surface, and means for connecting the housing to the stove, of a reservoir within the housing and having an exposed corrugated surface, the corrugations being extended along straight lines and parallel with the corrugations on the store, a slotted arm depending from the housing, a. bracket upon the stove, a rod detachabl engaging the arm and bracket and mounted for rotation, and cooperating means upon the rod and housing for binding the corrugated sur'ace ot the reservoir against the corrugated portion of the stove and for holding said reservoir out of contact with the corrugated portion of the stove.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto ai'lixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEURGE G. GAREY.

Witnesses B. D. HnMMn'rnR, Roy ArrLneA'rn.

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Washington, D. G. 

